I’ve been shooting for 40 years using only iron sights. My eyes are starting to fail me so I added a red dot. I watched many other videos, and this short video explained everything and helped me understand the basics of a red dot. Thanks!! Very helpful.

@tedcollins4684

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%

@TheXpompier

8 ай бұрын

Ditto

@SoMoMule

7 ай бұрын

Ditto

@Rain-ec4jj

6 ай бұрын

Why some pistol have a optic?

@jeffritenour7047

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for allowing me to understand I understood the concept just wanted confirmation

From 25 years of iron sights to a red dot this week is a big change. Thanks for the tips.

15 minutes of dry fire, draw from concealment and fire. Every day... With that day's clothes. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. The Tai-Chi of Gun Fu.

@biker1958

2 жыл бұрын

Dry fire works ok but you really need live fire .

@bhshakari

2 жыл бұрын

@@biker1958 , the benefits of dry fire can be significant. It all depends on how and what you are practicing. If you use tech like Mantis X, you will get significantly more out of dry fire than just standing and shooting your wall. During the past two years I did dry fire with the mantis X system 3-7 days a week. Last week, I shot live fire for the first time in 2 years (275 rounds in a day). I shot better in every capacity, than I have in 10 years. It is my opinion that those who don't get much out of dry fire training, are simply not doing it properly. And yes, of course live fire is essential and more fun, but if you can't afford (especially these days) to blow through ammo on a regular basis, you can still make significant progress with proper dry fire training.

@michaelgarrow3239

2 жыл бұрын

And you don’t put holes in the living room wall.

@Whatta33

2 жыл бұрын

LoL you should calm down mr. SpecOp warrior

@JohnDoe-wz7lw

2 жыл бұрын

I wear the exact same tshirts from the same company/material but have about 50 different colors. Makes my draws consistent.

Love it. So tough coming from iron sights. I think the most important tip for me was the "acceptable sight picture" tip.

Finding your natural point of aim is a great help. I'm a newbie and boy am I fishing, and I'm a vegetarian.

Lol I felt like a child shooting a red dot for the first time! I was thinking why am I shaking so much, then I tried to calm down, then a little later I thought well I have to shoot at some point, so I finally shot. I had no idea I shook so much. Lmao it felt as if I picked up a gun for the first time again, I couldn't find the dot, and just other stuff. I couldn't find the red dot, racking the slide was awkward, it's was all just crazy. But I love it now, and no matter where I got these are the 3 tips I generally see on red dots.

I've been shooting most of my life, getting a Ruger Bearcat 50 years ago for my 12th birthday. Last week I bought my first handgun with a RDS. Went to the range yesterday and felt like I'd never shot a gun in my life. After a couple hundred rounds, the shot placement became more consistent. Watching your video explains a lot of what I experienced and how to become more comfortable with the transition to a red dot. Thank you.

The closing your eyes and presenting is the best drill ever. I was taught that same drill a couple of years ago when I got my first RDS and it has made me a 100% better shooter. In my house or office (unloaded of course), I still do it almost every day. Awesome content guys. I did it laying in my bed drawing from my bedside safe to make that second nature as well.

@jondoe4667

2 жыл бұрын

I was taught to draw with my eyes closed with my bow to confirm prober bow setup and anchor. I applied that to my firearm practice and it made all the difference. 🇺🇲

@joemama69448

5 ай бұрын

Unloaded? All the cool guys shoot live ammo in their homes/office. Haven't you seen The Other Guys with Mark Wahlberg?

Excellent vid. Yeah I was really frustrated (at first with the dot movement) ironically the more I tried (got the yips) the worse it got. When I relaxed and let the dot find it's spot, all was well. Muscle memory is king.

Best presentation and information I have found. Clear and concise, covers the critical techniques to make the transition. Well done Sir.

I’ve practiced something similar to the last tip for years with my iron sights and it truly made my transition to a dot 2nd nature for me. Great advice and I can personally verify it works.

@ZacharyKentVT

2 жыл бұрын

I also practice this with my iron sights and my EDC pistol. I aim first then check my sight picture. I am almost always on target.

This is the best optic aiming video I've found. Thank you.

Thank you - a lot of very helpful info! Just a small suggestion for a future video, or if anyone else makes a video on this topic: showing your target results from the two shots - between a slower, stable shot, vs quickly finding a focal point for an acceptable site picture - would be fun to see. Thanks again!

A big THANK YOU to both Myle and Joe. This is excellent techniques.

Great video. I've moving from irons to a green dot, 70 years and trifocals takes its toll on the eyeballs and accuracy. Very clear and concise explanations and the tips are spot on. I'll practice them all, especially the 3rd tip acquiring the dot. That is my biggest issue to date. Again, great vid. Thank you.

I learned many years ago to use primary eye for sighting (other eye closed). I recently obtained a red dot and you are THE FIRST to explain that I should sight with both eyes. Thank you! I was struggling with the slightest head position variation changing red dot target. I’m looking forward to my next trip to the range.

Thousands of these same videos on KZread but this one actually taught me something - I love the idea about closing your eyes to find your natural point of aim exercise - I tried it a few several times and it changed everything. Thanks for the great tip! * Subscribed (only channel like this I’ve subscribed to)

This was a very helpful video. I’ve recently gotten into competing and I am running a red dot. This info will help a lot. Thank you guys for the content.

I just got my first pistol mounted optic and this helps so much.

I’m three days in and have tried a few things. In 20 mins I went from 60%ish to upper 90% with the “close your eyes and present” getting the dot reliably was honestly my biggest hurdle with a pistol optic. Acceptable hits for speed are common from running a dot on my rifle, but the pistol was giving me issues. Thank you.

You were wearing sunglasses, I bet you never closed your eyes at the end there. Come on man. But srsly, the middle part of "find whats acceptable" helped me improve my red dot work on a pistol--I learned how to shoot my 16 in the Army with their old M68 red dot and, to this day, am pretty comfortable and confident with my tac rifle red dot skills; pistol shooting is fairly new to me, only picking it up in the last several years, and some of the basics are the same but all in all, pistol mastery is a whole different monster.

The red dot made me such a better shot. The hardest part was the muscle memory to draw and have that dot in sight.

Thank you so much for this video! Finally, someone talks about these basic things and how to overcome them, great job guys, you earned a subscription.

Very helpful. Been sorting out the red dot on the new M9A4 with a Vortex Viper. Zeroed it on the bench and it's dead on but as mentioned looking for the dot was an early issue. It's a whole new ball game but the dot rocks and this gave me what I needed to make corrections.

That's the best red dot advice I've heard. Everyone else that I have listened to used fifty dollar words, and left you more confused before I watched the video . Thanks

Joe. Practising finding the natural point of aim has really improved my shooting in IPSC matches. Previously I always had trouble locating the dot wasting precious time, but after trying your method the red dot always seems to be right there. Thanks.

So glad I found this video. I was at a range yesterday where I had the opportunity to shoot a piston with a red dot sight for the first time. The dot was bouncing all over the place (like I had Parkinson's), and I could barley hit the target with it and walked away hating these optics. Now I understand what was going on. Thanks!

Great video. Joe's tips are spot on especially tip # 3.

Those are excellent tips. I never thought about those things. Makes things clearer and hopefully quicker on my next range day.

Thanks ! really helped me comprehend the mecanics of getting that dot centered fast and every time.

Thank You. I Will Try It That Out, Next Time On The Range. Please Stay Safe, And Healthy. And Have A Groovy Day.

"Closing your eyes and presenting" is a great exercise that you can easily work on. Thanks.

Absolutely excellent instructions! I've been struggling changing from irons to red dot! This made a huge difference in my training and understanding how to use them effectively! Thank you!

That last one, the point of aim. THANK YOU. I LOVE U. GOD BLESS BROTHER 💯

These were actually really good tips. Good stuff

Really like this video, just made to switch and have struggled with all the problems mentioned in the video.

Thank you !!! I just bought a Hellcat Pro with a halosun optic. Planning on doing some action pistol this spring and this was a huge help, as I was overthinking everything.

VERY Good informational video! With enough practice > repetition > build a "body-stance" kinda memory over time for better accuracy shooting. Great! Thanks for sharing.

Just shot my Glock 19 Gen 5 MOS with Holosun 507c for the first time yesterday! This video was so helpful and explained everything I was experiencing yesterday shooting a red dot for the first time! At first I was frustrated that the dot was shaking and I was trying to hold it perfectly steady. Overtime I just got more comfortable and just started shooting when the dot was in an "Acceptable Area" as you called it. I was pretty surprised how accurate I was getting. Now I need to work on presenting and getting the dot pop up in the window every time. Thanks for the great video!

Thanks Tactical Hyve, I just tried opening both eyes as you suggested and yes, it is better.

Great video and great tips, coach 👊🏼

Simply an excellent presentation 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

This was great, the first time someone explained to me all I need to get fast with my red dot aim. I feel confident for the first time. Thanks so much.

Excellent tip on achieving natural point of aim. First time I've seen or heard of this exercise.

Excellent explanation. I was about to give up on my RMR. Thank you.

Man. I was so close to giving up on the dot I bought for my pistol and just going back to irons. This helped SO much, and after quite a bit of practice, I want optics on all my pistols! Thank you guys for this video!

That was what I needed. When I first used my green dot I thought there was something wrong with the optic. Your tip was spot on and helped me tremendously! Thanks.

What it all boils down to is what I learned 50 years ago when I started Bullseye shooting, no red dots back then. The sights bouncing around with every heartbeat and other things you can't control, it's called "area aiming" and the other part is simply muscle memory. The basic principles don't change.

Thank you for the video!!! Very helpful!

Thank you I missed FLETC instructor course by 9 points, I ran optics for first time live on the range during initial testing. This video would probably would have gave me what i needed. 👊🏻

Great content, thankl you!!!

Outstanding information. Addresses my problems exactly.

Outstanding video. Thank you.

Excellent! I'm an old shooter & just put a Romeo Zero on my 365XL and was at first frustrated at the visual confusion I experienced (left eye dominant/right handed) but after 100 rounds it started improving considerably. These great tips will help a lot, thanks again.

@thorshammer5134

2 жыл бұрын

Try getting a better red dot. The Romeo is trash. Get the Holoson 407 or 507k you’ll notice a huge improvement.

@chrisd5758

Жыл бұрын

I am the same, left eye dominant and right handed. about to step into the red dot realm just waiting on mine to come in. How is your romeozero holding up? I want to get one for my 365X

@johnhatchel9681

Жыл бұрын

Romeo Zero is fine don't listen to internet fanboys figure it out for yourself

@IkfNorCalChamp

7 ай бұрын

I’m also right handed left eye dominant. When I got my first dot on my AR I had a hard time with it. But I got used to it. I get my first pistol dot tomorrow. Holosun 507k and I’m hoping it’s the same. What I know is an issue for people like us is scopes. Like lpvo or if you use magnifier with a dot. It forces you to close your left eye. Really frustrating I can’t shoot like how I’m supposed to shoot. It’s my first handicap I’ve ever dealt with in a sporting or hobby situation.

1 of the best videos about red dots and less than 7 minutes. Thanks!

Just got my first pistol RMR for my Shield and I'm glad I watched this because I first shot it the other day and yeah I was worried about just how unsteady it seemed... I can tell you, you have no idea how much you move until you have a red dot lol. I need to practice the acceptable sight picture discipline because I was absolutely trying to steady it repeatedly. A couple thousand rounds and I have no doubt I will be far more proficient with it. I'll be trying the eyes closed thing too, seems like a sound drill that I never thought of.

Great video and very informative. Thank you for sharing!

Great advice, thanks for the video

I never learned to close an eye, all my shooting has always been both eyes open, point shooting, the exception being long range precision shots. Handgun, shotgun, carbine, and rifle. I have used this technique with just a front post, like a shotgun, and have found this to work best for me.

I love red dot. It was a odd transition from iron sights. It took me about 500ish rounds to get comfortable with the dot where i would naturaly have the dot where i could see it when drawn and aiming. After about 1200ish rounds my groups were 1/2 inch at 7 yards (21'). I shoot the numbers on the targets now to add a challenge. Great video. How about a video on a failed dot when shooting? I train for this.

@tedcollins4684

Жыл бұрын

I do the same👍

So glad I ran across this video, I literally figured this out at the range shooting my new SFX RIVAL first time shooting with a RDS and I was definitely waiting for the site to set but realized I'm breathing and my body is constantly moving down to the microseconds lol I figured as long as the dot was on what I wanted to hit initially, it'll be there again after the shot and dude after each follow up shot (6shots) the grouping was amazing and felt like the Gun was just floating.🔥🔥

Thanks for the video. I'm having a red dot put on my 25 year old 1911 (Colt Combat Commander .45acp). The last time I competed was in the 1980s, one-handed, bullseye. Transitioning from a 6 o'clock hold and a good enough sight picture (not necessarily a 10X) was interesting. I'll obviously need much more dry fire and range time.

Awesome video. Thanks for the tips!

Super helpful... thank you

Great advice. Thank you. Especially the re-positioning vs. wiggling the gun around. Makes sense.

@TacticalHyve

2 жыл бұрын

Right on.

Very good tips! Thanks.

Great infovid. Thanks for sharing this.

Very good. Quick and easy to understand.

excellent, concise easy to understand

Some really great tips here. Making the switch to dots

Thanks great tip ESP. no.3!

GREAT VIDEO, TRUTH. As your natural Point of Aim is only slightly lower than that of your iron sight due to the very little height of the dot. If you got good point of aim with your iron, you’ll quickly adapt. Your Master Grip is important reguardless of sight.

Great tips mate ,, thank you !

Excellent tips! Nice job.

I took a different approach. When I got my first red dot I put a laser bore sight into the weapon and practiced at home at 15 yards. Helped find red dot as I kept both open with target acquisition.

You put up some really good content. Love it!

Great dry fire training ideas. Thanks.

Excellent tips. Thanks!

Thanks for the video but It would have been nice to ACTUALLY see what your talking about through the red dot for us slow folk that have never used one.

Recently got one for my pistol. Yeah, immediately began retraining my hold/trigger pull/wobble. Was able to tell it's far more accurate-capable too versus irons.

Excellent video! Useful tips!

I don't like a red dot optic on my pistol but on my AR9 PCC 9 in. barrel that red dot is spot on when I shoulder that carbine everytime and now I just need to go sight it in and I don't have to fish for it to find it for it's right there co aligned with the front iron sight !!! I bet when I do get to go shoot it and sight it in it will be a fun new transition to learn while shooting !!!

Best vid I’ve seen on Red Dot usage so far. 🏆

Thank you . Great tips!!

NICE PRESENTATION. WORTHY OF YOUR ATTENTION. SUBSCRIBED

That was an awesome video. Thank you.

I finally just got great at shooting w my iron sights on my sig rose 365xl, was getting 1/2in grouping on the Xs .. then today bought a red dot & my shooting was trash 😂 I was so pissed 😂 shot 150 rounds and realized I was pulling the gun w my left hand bc I was trying to keep the dot straight, was way overthinking it, & legit was thinking of returning it. Then I decided to KZread tips for when I go tomorrow & this video told me everything I was doing wrong & exactly what I need to do! 😌 Practiced dry shooting at home & feel so much more confident in shooting w it now. We’ll see how it goes in the AM 😁🥰

Thanks, very helpful!

Thanks for the info, part on dot moving around like "Parkinsons" was my biggest question Thanks again!

this is a REALLY well done video.

I think the natural point aim finding the red dot rely on your hand and finger stabilization when aiming all the time. I noticed if I keep same stabilization with my right thumb,index base knuckle compressing the barrel and from the left thumb canted pressing side barrel forward/inward toward barrel and slight downward pressure connecting a tripod stabilization toward each other makes it consistent and fast target acquisition, it works for me and way faster. I think those are the little details that instructor usually do not instruct in teaching. Try it and let me know if it works for you also. 👌

Thanks!! I was worried about me not being able to perfectly stabilize this dot, thought something's wrong with me :-) Thank you very much for these tips! off we go to start practice !

This is the most helpful Vid I have seen for RD

Great vid joes recoil control is amazing.

Love all of your videos. But, for me I’m a 61 yr old my Dad started teaching me to shoot at 12 years old with a Hi Standard double nine (I now own that gun and still shoot it at the range 😊) Iron sights work great for me. Just because in a self defense situation it would be point and shoot no looking at any sights so I don’t plan on adding a red dot to my edc which is a Ruger SR9C.

This helps. Thank you!

Great tips. I like to last one about finding the dot.

I do love watching your videos! Thanks for making these.

@TacticalHyve

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video and tips... Thanks

interesting, great explaination